Business

Last November on an “Out To Lunch” adventure in Decatur, I visited with Dayton residents George and Becky Arnold.

They encouraged me to eat at a new restaurant in Dayton — You-niQue Cuisine

The Arnolds are retired from LaZBoy Furniture in Dayton. George worked in accounting and Becky in human resources. For years I sold LaZBoy recliners in our Poston Furniture stores. I have toured the Dayton plant and perhaps saw them.

Harriman’s Devonia Street was once bustling with health-care providers who wanted their practices close to the hospital.

That all changed when Covenant Health built a new facility for Roane Medical Center. While others abandoned offices to again be near the hospital, a pair of Harriman women are taking advantage of one of the empty buildings to realize a longtime dream.

The American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Roane County is offering an opportunity for businesses and communities to show their awareness and support in the fight against cancer.

The community is urged to Paint the Town Purple on April 6-10 by decorating businesses purple, including putting up purple-themed displays in storefronts, swapping out white bulbs for purple bulbs, or selecting a day for everyone to wear purple at work or school.

Businesses can also ask for donations for purple items sold in their stores.

URS/CH2M Oak Ridge LLC, known as UCOR, is accepting proposals from area schools for educational grants with a specific goal of enabling new instructional methods in science, technology, engineering and math.

UCOR Education Mini-Grants will be awarded directly to teachers and schools for specific projects.

I hope that some previous readers have noticed the absence of my “Out to Lunch” articles in the Roane County News since the first of the year.
Although my wife, Carol, and I had flu shots, we got a new version of the flu after Christmas.
For a few weeks, we didn’t care if the sun shined. I also lost my appetite for a long time after surviving the flu bug.
Then snow and ice prevented us from driving in and out of our house on top of Midtown Heights. No mail or newspapers for several days a couple of times.